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Here at georgeweahscouisn.com we like to tackle all the hard hitting issues that surround Southampton Football Club and during this recent speculation it is no different.

There is much talk of Mauricio Pochettino leaving Saints and perhaps heading to the career ending home of football, White Hart Lane. Obviously from a football perspective this would not be good news for us as fans. Pochettino has brought us good results, while at the same time achieved it with ‘pretty’ football, and it can’t go unnoticed that he backs that prettiness up with his own appearance.

We have suffered a long history of ugly managers (which crescendoed with Redknapp) and Pochettino would appear to have been the end of that. If he leaves who do we replace him with? This club has become attractive in more ways than one, and that starts with the manager.

Should Pochettino leave the list of favourites to replace him is a veritable ‘rogue’s gallery’ in comparison. Here is a helpful chart.

Gus Poyet? The (alleged) phantom changing room crapper himself? Certainly more Pob than Pitt and his behaviour is as ugly as he is. Football wise might not be the worst move in the world.

Tim Sherwood? Captain Gillet? Looks like Martin Freeman’s older alcoholic brother that he’s ashamed to mention. Would he be a disaster from a footballing perspective? There would be weekly cringe moments, that is a given.

Malky Mackay? I’ve no evidence of this but I reckon in his spare time Mackay wears stonewash jeans that are two short for his legs with white socks and black tasselled loafers (Ok. This playing on a Scottish stereotype and I wholeheartedly apologise in advance for any offence). Also lacking the required footballing credentials.

Alan Pardew? A former friend of course, and not bad looking per se, has the look of an out of place businessman in a nightclub straight from work. Too much aftershave and ‘trendy’ glasses. Trying too hard. We’ve seen the football, ugly at times.

Neil Lennon? I’m not sure I need to justify this one. Look at the picture. From a football point of view he is the biggest gamble on the market that someone will undoubtedly take. Impossible to judge given his only experience is at the easiest management job in world football.

The evidence is clear. Pochettino has to stay with Saints from both a footballing perspective and to uphold our young, exciting image.